#conbert

[sunnibits]

YOU’RE TELLING ME THIS WHOLE TIME WE’VE BEEN JOKINGLY CALLING HIM CONBERT OR CONATHAN BUT THE ORIGINAL FULL VERSION WAS LITERALLY CONELIUS

[edgeworthsdumbpinkpajamas]

The Izzy Hands Is Autistic PowerPoint Essay

(this is the essay i submitted to the above all else zine (@izzyhandszines ), the exclusivity period of which just ended. enjoy!!)

Hello!!

I would like to start off by saying I’m absolutely fucking terrified to write this essay for a variety of reasons. But I want to express my love of Izzy Hands and how important he is to me, and the best way I’ve found to do so is to express the weird ways I relate to him as an autistic person. I’ve joked in a couple friend circles that I was going to make a PowerPoint presentation about why Izzy’s autistic (hence the title) but I decided to write an essay instead.

Disclaimer: I’m not diagnosing anyone, nor do I want this essay to be used as a diagnostic paper. This is by no means an academic paper, it cites exactly one (1) study, it’s based on my own experiences, light research, and the experiences of my fellow autistic friends. I’m just a dumbass who likes imprinting themselves onto the characters they hyperfixate on.

Reason one why I think Izzy is autistic: because I’m autistic and I said so. *cue end credits*

I’m kidding.

The real first reason comes from Izzy’s interactions with Stede FUKIN’ Bonnet. For one, Stede hates Izzy almost the second he meets him. Now, you could argue that it was because Izzy “stole” his hostages but we’ll set that aside for a sec. It’s been proven that people inherently don’t like autistic people if they don’t realize they’re autistic (Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism Based on Thin Slice Judgements by Noah J. Sasson (2017)). Traits that are often put towards “untrustworthy” or “creepy” people tend to describe autistics too. It’s entirely possible Stede caught a vibe and hated Izzy because of it. Stede is kind of an asshole after all (and we still love him for it). Another reason is Stede’s entire existence throws a wrench in Izzy’s routines as a First Mate. He whisks Edward away to do pirate-y things while Izzy is left to deal with a crew who frankly want nothing to do with him because he’s introducing structure on a ship that didn’t have any to begin with. Sure Izzy came off as an asshole (emotional regulation is a bitch) but he’s just a lil guy trying to follow his routines so nobody dies. He has the worst case of sense of justice. He’ll complain that an ambush is “unprofessional”, he’ll play fair in a duel even if it’s to his detriment, he’ll chase Edward around asking for a plan because Bad Things happen without a plan, the list goes on.

I’d like to dedicate this section to his stimming/eye contact/other little habits that make me think he’s autistic. Izzy has a tendency to touch his face when he’s stressed. Not just that, he’ll wrap an arm around himself and rest his hand on his chin so he can fidget with his beard, as if to self soothe. When he’s talking to people, unless he’s threatening them or yelling at them, he doesn’t look them in the eye. Often he’s not even facing them. When he is facing them, he often looks down at their lips, as if he’s struggling with eye contact. He walks around with his hand resting on his sword either because he’s short and the sword will touch the ground if he doesn’t or because it’s more comfortable for him to have his arm up near his chest. This is often referred to as T-rex arms and a lot of us find it more comfortable than letting our arms rest at our sides. He’s a little pyromaniac, he seems to use candle fire to soothe himself. He’s done it at least twice, once while he was lying to Edward about Stede’s response to meeting Blackbeard and once while talking to Spanish Jackie about Stede in her bar. He sleeps in his underwear like a WHORE (affectionate) which could be argued is temperature regulation because a lot of autistics (myself included) H A T E being overheated. Then there’s the ooh daddy scene. From my little list I made prior to this essay, “ooh daddy scene (thank u conbert), yes i have an explainiation for this. a weird ass intimidation tactic? sure. however what if he can’t read social queues and doesn’t fully realize how fucking weird it was to do that”.

Then there’s his glove. I could dedicate an entire essay on speculation on that fucking glove. Is it hiding something? Is it just to look cool? Is it a sensory thing where he doesn’t like the texture of his sword so he wears the glove to make sword fighting easier? We may never know. Or we might in s2 who knows. Speaking of sword fighting it could be argued by me that because Izzy is supposed to be the best swordsman in the world, sword fighting could be his special interest. He probably spent hours perfecting every move until he got to the level of carving his name into a man’s shirt without leaving a single scratch on him.

We’ve seen Izzy have at least one meltdown re: the duel. He’s losing the duel, the crew are jeering at him, Stede isn’t helping, he finally screams at him before his sword breaks. We’ve also seen him have a shutdown where after Edward goes below deck after realizing his plan against the Spanish isn’t going to work because it’s a leap year, Izzy is in the foreground of Frenchie and Lucius staring off into space. It’s possible that after everything he went through that day and the realization that he’s going to die made him completely shut down.

I have no proof of this since we never really see izzy by himself but I don’t believe in the entire time Izzy has been subjected to the constant torture of being alive and autistic in the late 1600 early 1700s he has unmasked even once. When living in such close quarters with other people and being First Mate to the physical embodiment of ADHD he probably doesn’t get a lot of time to himself. Therefore he has to cope with his existence in other ways, as mentioned above. And the crew of The Revenge have ruined almost every way he uses to cope and manage his autism. We’ll have to wait and see what other horrors unfold for this poor little autistic man, but for now all we can do is pick him apart and see what’s under the hood.

[fredastaire55]

It's a '59 Impala

It's conbertible

It's a lovely color

........ I couldn't agree more @elegantstrings

1959 Chevrolet Impala

[usertoxicyaoi]

[bisexualsugden]

I'M SCREAMING, THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CONNOR RETWEETED MY TWEET ABOUT ROBRON SOULMATES

[helenhuntingdon]

[rcbertsugden]

I’ve seen the way you l o o k at me, it’s alright- I’m n o t complaining

And I don’t think you will be e i t h e r

[auselysium]

But the look on Robert’s face as he pushed Conner away...

That was:

I’m not going there again.

I fell this fucker’s game before.

I’ve had better.  

I’ve had real.

He is so not worth it.

It was such a great little beat from Ryan.

[jonny-versace]

[iwillsendapostcard]

Hey, i saw you reblogged the conbert confession, I was wondering do you have any Conbert headcannons or anything like that?

Do I have any Conbert headcanons? Hmmmm

I think I’ve seen somewhere that someone has a theory that Robert and Connor used to work as escorts together during Rob’s exile from Emmerdale? I love the thought of Connor trying to maintain a professional relationship with Rob, but also trying to get into his pants, even though he knows he shouldn’t. I can imagine them, sitting in a hotel together, waiting for their respective clients. Maybe Connor has volunteered to do Rob’s hair for him- any excuse to get his hands on that man. They’ve spoken about their futures, where they want to go in life (but they never ever talk about the past.) This is why Connor has that knowing look in his eyes when he says to Robert “you’ve fallen on your feet.” They had a good thing going together; they looked out for each other, pooled their resources when it was needed, and stopped each other from falling into that loneliness that hangs on their backs of people with pasts such as theirs. Sometimes they chased the blues away with hand jobs and blow jobs, holding onto each other, biting flesh, and pulling hair. Robert always said that they’d never go any further, that they’d never do it again.

Connor was devastated when Robert announced he was leaving, and that he couldn’t take Connor with him. That was the night they fucked. It was the first and last time.

Or maybe that’s not how they know each other at all? I’ve already thrown several BDSM themed ideas at @trashmouthsugden (who very patiently listened to me scream ideas and screamed back like a total babe). See, I have a theory that Connor and Robert were lovers before- but more than that, Connor was Robert’s submissive. Connor was devoted to Robert, but Robert wasn’t fully feeling their dynamic, which lead to him ending their relationship. When Connor finds him again, just after Rob has had a nasty break up with Aaron, Connor jumps at the chance to have him again- which leads to Robert warning him “you only get one chance with me” and Connor reminding him that they have, in fact, had each other many different times ;)

It all depends, really, on how you see Connor’s character. And since we only got a few short scenes with him (the majority of which he was using a persona) it’s totally up to you to decide. Do you want him to be head over heals for Robert and desperate to hide it? Or maybe he’s just after a bit of fun? Does he think that he can manipulate Rob in the same way Rob is manipulating him? Or is he simply just after another ride on Robert’s magic dick (and come on, we’ve seen Conner, Aaron, Chrissie, and Bex go gaga for it- it must be something special!) Really, this is what makes Conner so fascinating- as he is such an enigma.

There are so many things I loved about the few scenes we had of Robert and Connor together. The way Rob slammed him up against a wall (and we know how fond he is of using that particular manoeuvre on Aaron) and the way Robert struggled to get his breathing under control as he pressed his body weight against Connor. The way Connor leant back against the wall and barred his throat. His little laugh as he realised the plan had worked. His pure and unadulterated sass. Robert’s domineering…

Phew! I had a lot to get off my chest here! What about you nonnie? Have you got any personal ideas on Conbert? Or any ideas or theories you want me to play with? I’d love you hear them!

[ohwhataname-blog1]

I love RobRon, but ConBert would have been an interesting relationship to explore in more detail- at least before RobRon became engaged. Now that they are due to be married, I don't want anything getting in the way, even Robert x Connor. As Robert told Aaron: "No one else comes close."

[usertoxicyaoi]

[bisexualsugden]

EMMERDALE: CONNOR JENSEN NETWORK

Are you multishipping trash? Have you found yourself ridiculously attached to a tiny ginger boy who only had a few episodes? Would you like to see him sass about the village and smooch Finn and/or Robert? 

Congratulations, you’re Connor Jensen trash! This network is for us to find each other because, let’s face it, multishipping is a tough gig in this predominately monoshipping world! We need each other so we can be safe, especially when we go full heart-eyes for tiny gingers who almost-smooch one half of a power couple. Let’s encourage each other to write fic, post headcanons, draw fanart, and generally have fun with our smol lil rent boy.

To join the Connor Jensen Network:

reblog this post

fill out this 2 question survey

post lots of Connor-related stuff so Emmerdale knows we want to see him again and eventually bends to our will

I’m only expecting like 10 notes on this max but like i need find y’all so you better reblob this, ok, pro-connor part of the fandom?

[helenhuntingdon]

[dasoni]

🌺 Send this to ten other blogs you think are wonderful. Keep the game going. 🌺

So it took this opportunity to draw Connor and run with it xD I enjoyed your fanfic a lot  :D

[realityisonlythebeginning]

I did a Conbert thing (and it has Robron as well) This isn’t the idea that I had this morning but it’s the one that I was prompted last week.

Anyway here you go...

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4892224